Do not attempt to divert a conffile.

Future version of dpkg will better support diversion of conffiles.  At that
time, this warning can be removed.

Closes: #703022

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index 1390cf41c5e0d69d6de6135e806776c1c181c73d..56782145e358644e012b1199bf1bc9a98c64993b 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -12047,6 +12047,11 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
        there is a time, after it has been diverted but before
        <prgn>dpkg</prgn> has installed the new version, when the file
        does not exist.</p>
+
+      <p>
+       Do not attempt to divert a conffile, as <prgn>dpkg</prgn> does not
+       handle it well.
+      </p>
     </appendix>
 
   </book>